Not remarkable: A Republican officeholder says the tax code should be simplified to the point where you could file your taxes on a postcard. We've been hearing this since the days of Ronald Reagan at least (maybe people were saying it before that but I would have been too young to remember), and it's one of the few policy ideas that Republicans of all stripes can agree on, at least in theory. That said, no one has ever advanced a serious bill designed to make it happen.
Somewhat remarkable: The Republican officeholder saying it now is the Speaker of the House, who is in a very strong position to potentially make it happen, and who actually put a fair amount of effort into developing a video that makes the prospect of not adopting this change seem pretty insane. Hmmmmm . . .
